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Feline
The Bitch
Puberty - 6 mo.
Monoestrus
Estrous Cycle
One
Proestrus
Estrus
Metestrus
Anestrus
Heat
or Diestrus
Proestrus (9 days)
Vulva swollen
Bloody discharge
Attracted to male but does not mate
Anestrus (5 months)
Sexual inactivity
Hormonal Changes
Anestrus
Proestrus
Estrus
Progesterone
LH
Ovulation
E2
FSH
-20
-10
0 2
Days from LH Peak
10
Estrus
20 day
Metestrus I
Diestrus
Metestrus II 70 days
Progesterone
No Uterine
Luteolytic
Mechanism
E2
Prolactin
10
30
50
Day of Metestrus
70
90
Proestrus (9 days)
Vulva swollen
Bloody discharge
Attracted to male but does not mate
Estrus (9 days, ovulation day 2)
Accepts male
Straw-colored discharge
Pregnant Metestrus/Diestrus (50 - 60 days)
Pregnancy
Parturition (63 days from ovulation)
Anestrus (5 months)
Sexual inactivity
Mating
Mounting
Os penis
In vagina, male bulbus glandis engorges, thrusting
Male dismounts and turns around but penis remains in
vagina the tie
Ejaculation
Tie last 5 min to 1 hour
Canine Mating
Mating (cont.)
Mate 2 times
Days
Sperm
Infertility
Often
LH
Pregnancy
63 days (58-68)
Placental relaxin
Drop in progesterone triggers parturition
Detection
Adominal palpation at 3 - 4 weeks
Ultrasound after day 16
Parturition
Hormones similar to other farm animals
Parturition
Delayed Parturtion
Primary
inertia
Estrus Control
Induction
Prevention
eCG
progestins
Uterus
False pregnancy
nesting behavior
Mammary tummors
Thought
Dog Anatomy
Bulbus Glandis
Hypersexuality
Cryptorchidism
Castrate
Progesterone
Artificial Insemination
Updated:
Updated:
Feline Reproduction
Domestication?
Female-Queen
Male - Tom
Puberty
Estrous Cycle
- 9 months
Seasonal
January to
House cats
September
may cycle year round
Estrous Cycle
Pro-estrus
Estrus
1 - 2 days
Attracted to males
Rubs head and neck on objects
Vocalization, posturing and rolling
Accepts male
4 - 6 days if male present, 10 days if no male
Ovulation 27 hours after mating (induced)
Affectionate to aggressive towards owners
Estrous Cycle
Anestrus 3 - 4 months
- 10 days
psuedopregnancy - 40
pregnancy - 60 days
days
Diestrus,
Pregnant
Diestrus
Pseudopregnant, ~40 d
Anestrus,
~30-90 d
~60 d
E2
P4
P4
12
16
Weeks
12
16 20
E2
P4
Proestrus (8 days)
12
P4
16
Weeks
12
16 20
Mating
Estrus
E2
Parturition
E2
P4
Proestrus
12
Pregnancy
Lactation
P4
16
Weeks
12
16 20
Hormonal Changes
Proestrus
Estrus
Estrogen
Diestrus
(vaginal stimulation)
Mating
During mating
Owners
forward
Erection and
Mating
Mating
During mating
Owners
copulatory
Cat Mating
Pregnancy
63 days
Diagnonsis
Adominal
Parturition
Control of Estrus
Ovariohysterectomy
Induction of Ovulation
HCG
Vaginal
Stimulation
Prevention of estrus
progestins
Psuedo-pregnancy
stimulation
Failure to cycle
Same
as in bitch
Stress,
Spraying
Cryptochid
Castration
Descended
Treatment
at birth
is castration